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Easily digestible tech news....https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c162
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:25:40 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c162'risk vs. reward' assessment and came to the conclusion that using an illegal external email account --even if getting caught-- still had less downside than facing the other alternative: that if the rules were followed, revealing the contents of government property emails could get them in even deeper trouble.

Also, the Bush regime established a clear precedent, that government documents, from missing White House emails to Guantanamo torture videos, could be illegally destroyed and kept from the public without anyone getting so much as a slap on the wrist for breaking the law.

It's also becoming clearer why Obama failed to press charges against the last administration's crimes -- he wanted to leave himself open the possibility of doing the same kind of skullduggery that he once railed against before he took office.]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c155
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:21:30 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c155Re: Why the "scare" quoteshttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c136
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:19:26 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c136Ask the average person today about Bill Clinton's troubles as President, and they'll talk about him getting impeached for getting a blowjob. They might know Monica Lewinsky's name, or (depending on their political persuasion) remember that the actual reason he was impeached was lying under oath.

But how many remember the rest of his presidency? How many remember how it was one long string of scandals from beginning to end? How many remember Hillary being in the thick of most of it because they involved shady business deals the Clintons (both of them) were mixed up in?

How many remember how weary the American people were after 8 years of that, to the point where, when a moron with a criminal record came by and campaigned on a promise to "restore dignity to the White House," we voted him in just for a change of scenery?

Yeah. And how did that work out for us? Anyone really want to go back to that? I know I don't!

Are we ready for a woman President? Sure, but please, for the love of all that is good, not THAT woman!]]>Re: I've made this observation before, but it bears repeating:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150228/07025430169/late-friday-white-house-announces-that-fisa-court-has-rubberstamped-nsa-phone-record-collection-while-insisting-it-wants-reform.shtml#c461
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:18:41 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150228/07025430169/late-friday-white-house-announces-that-fisa-court-has-rubberstamped-nsa-phone-record-collection-while-insisting-it-wants-reform.shtml#c461Your observation, in any event, reminds me of an old Doonesbury (which I can't find anywhere on the 'net). Let's just say the punchline was along the lines of "Libertarians? They want the guns, the pot, and hookers, too."]]>Dealbreaker for mehttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c116
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:17:59 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c116?https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/07565730182/nokia-ceo-we-have-to-get-rid-net-neutrality-otherwise-self-driving-cars-will-keep-crashing-into-each-other.shtml#c849
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:15:34 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/07565730182/nokia-ceo-we-have-to-get-rid-net-neutrality-otherwise-self-driving-cars-will-keep-crashing-into-each-other.shtml#c849Has anyone bothered to ask Nokia's CEO how these self-driving cars are going to prevent collisions in tunnels?

Because I have yet to drive through a tunnel where I have any internet connection at all...]]>Cybersecurityhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120719/16090619768/new-cybersecurity-bill-may-actually-take-privacy-concerns-seriously.shtml#c128
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:15:21 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120719/16090619768/new-cybersecurity-bill-may-actually-take-privacy-concerns-seriously.shtml#c128The Internet has more security-SpamWare but it does not cure DiSTEMper.]]>There are easier and obvious solutionshttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c105
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:12:14 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c105It's not that hard in 2014, and makes it even more obvious when people are skirting the laws and best practices.

Hell, it's not even about skirting laws and is more about just how likely these people are to be targeted and get viruses/information compromised, etc. You'd think these people would be vaguely more interested in their own safety and self-preservation.]]>Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/08162630183/hysterical-facts-optional-assault-fccs-new-neutrality-rules-has-commenced.shtml#c1328
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:11:51 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/08162630183/hysterical-facts-optional-assault-fccs-new-neutrality-rules-has-commenced.shtml#c1328Evidently the domain for the emailhttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c94
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:10:36 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c94http://www.whois.com/whois/clintonemail.com

There goes the "just wanted to use the email address already knew" excuse...]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c86
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:09:48 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c86The Law Overseeing Retention Of Private Emails Was Not Changed Until After Clinton Left The State Department]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c84
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:08:18 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c84While the White House's email system may be clunky and annoying to use (as I've heard repeatedly), there's simply no excuse for Clinton not to have used it at all

I vehemently disagree.

Ever try to use tools which don't work well enough to conduct your job? Consider yourself lucky.

Imagine, briefly, if every TD employee was forced to use IE6 as a must-use program.

How's that for clunky and difficult to work with, and yes, the government's email system is actually as bad as using IE6.

If you've never used it, it's easy to criticize those who don't use it, but I guarantee one week of trying to use it will have you using an alternative as well.

I also dislike the notion email systems like Gmail and Outlook.com aren't as secured as a government's system. I've yet to see any government system in use be reliable in this regard, even if such compromise came within from a consultant.

As long as HRC didn't delete emails and archived them, there's no reason why she couldn't easily hand over the credentials to turn them over for proper categorization, which is most likely what she did when she left her post.]]>Re: Re: Re: Re: I wonder...https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/05161330177/unsealed-document-fbi-admits-stingray-devices-will-disrupt-phone-service.shtml#c221
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:06:50 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/05161330177/unsealed-document-fbi-admits-stingray-devices-will-disrupt-phone-service.shtml#c221Re:https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/05161330177/unsealed-document-fbi-admits-stingray-devices-will-disrupt-phone-service.shtml#c201
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:06:12 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/05161330177/unsealed-document-fbi-admits-stingray-devices-will-disrupt-phone-service.shtml#c201Let me see if I have this straighthttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c67
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 11:04:39 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c67for four years and during all that time, everyone in possession of that fact (which would necessarily include everyone she corresponded with) refrained from raising hell?

Didn't any of them grasp that this necessarily meant that their messages were also traversing whichever service was hosting her account? And that they were thereby trusting that service's system and network admins? (Even if the messages were encrypted, which I doubt, the mail system logs would yield useful data for traffic analysis.)

2001 was way off, but we still had space shuttles and space stations, and now we've even landed on a comet.

1984 lacked subtlety and went full-bleakness, but we've got creeping surveillance infiltrating our lives from disparate sources ranging from the NSA to Samsung.

But ISDS? This is a very disappointing response that reality has given to Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy. TAFTA/TIPP is a sorry excuse for zaibatsu mercs mini-nuking each other's mobile R&D labs.]]>Re: Re: Re: I wonder...https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/05161330177/unsealed-document-fbi-admits-stingray-devices-will-disrupt-phone-service.shtml#c176
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:55:38 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150302/05161330177/unsealed-document-fbi-admits-stingray-devices-will-disrupt-phone-service.shtml#c176https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/master/src/com/android/settings/RadioInfo.java

It has "WCDMA only" and "LTE only", but unfortunately no "LTE/WCDMA only". It also seems a bit abandoned, judging by the commits.]]>https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150301/07242630172/australian-secretary-defense-not-concerned-about-phone-hack-doesnt-think-people-want-to-spy-his-phone.shtml#c350
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:52:08 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150301/07242630172/australian-secretary-defense-not-concerned-about-phone-hack-doesnt-think-people-want-to-spy-his-phone.shtml#c350His only concern is that they have their own surveillance state, to hell with other issues, or consequences of their own actions

That actually sums it up pretty well, global governments taking actions and the hell with the cosequences........each new attempt assume they can handle it, while completely ignorant to the fact that history shows they were'nt the first, and in completely ignoring the lessons of history, cannot see the same road nor the same ends.......history repeats itself, in this case, the over bearing government slash empire]]>Why the "scare" quoteshttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c63
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:47:48 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150303/04491030191/there-is-no-way-that-hillary-clinton-didnt-know-she-was-supposed-to-use-government-email-account.shtml#c63https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/07565730182/nokia-ceo-we-have-to-get-rid-net-neutrality-otherwise-self-driving-cars-will-keep-crashing-into-each-other.shtml#c828
Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:46:29 PSThttps://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150302/07565730182/nokia-ceo-we-have-to-get-rid-net-neutrality-otherwise-self-driving-cars-will-keep-crashing-into-each-other.shtml#c828